UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

World Cotton Day is about more than cotton. It's about the people, livelihoods and economies behind it. In 2019, UNCTAD helped launch #WorldCottonDay alongside World Trade Organization, FAO, ITC and ICAC. From fibre to fabric. From production to opportunity.

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Joining #WIF2026: H.E. Joseph Dion Ngute, Prime Minister of Cameroon, Guest of Honour at the Opening Ceremony, 25 October, 10:00 Doha time. https://ow.ly/ciZH50ZUZjN #DohaWIF2026

🌍 How can developing countries strengthen their role in the global trading system? Luz María de la Mora on the Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP) and South-South trade cooperation. 🎥 https://ow.ly/kftQ50ZUW5o #GSTP #SouthSouthCooperation

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. $1.6T in FDI moved worldwide in 2025, most of it to just 20 countries. #WIF2026 is where the world works to change that, under "Investing in the Future." Learn more: https://ow.ly/FvYW50ZUcrP #DohaWIF2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Strategic-sector investment grew 5x since 2020, to $576bn in 2025. High-income economies capture 72% of it; low- and lower-middle-income economies get around 10%. https://ow.ly/YZ6o50ZUcn3 #WIF2026 #DohaWIF2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Ministers at #WIF2026: H.E. Márcio de Jesus Lopes Daniel (Angola), H.E. Tangariki Reete (Kiribati), H.E. Mohammad Nidal Al-Shaar (Syria), H.E. Amina Mukalazi (Uganda). https://ow.ly/M6Qg50ZUEuu #DohaWIF2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Speaker: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organization. ➡️ Speaker profile: https://ow.ly/JBLc50ZUch5 #WIF2026 #DohaWIF2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Speaker: H.E. Bogolo Joy Kenewendo, Minister of Minerals and Energy, Botswana. ➡️ Speaker profile: https://ow.ly/a4sk50ZUcgU #WIF2026 #DohaWIF2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, on why trade and investment policy need to work as one. ➡️ Speaker profile: https://ow.ly/nBMX50ZUcfC #WIF2026 #DohaWIF2026

منتدى الاستثمار العالمي، الدوحة، قطر، 25-27 أكتوبر 2026. في عام 2025، استثمرت الشركات 1.6 تريليون دولار في الخارج، وذهب معظم هذه الأموال إلى 20 دولة فقط. بدعوة من @un.org #WIF2026 #DohaWIF2026 https://ow.ly/7pnI50ZTRJ0

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Speaker: H.E. Abdulla Bin Adel Fakhro, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Kingdom of Bahrain, among 225 speakers already confirmed. ➡️ All speakers: https://ow.ly/TIxU50ZTQgj #WIF2026 #DohaWIF2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. "Investing in the Future": #WIF2026 brings together those who allocate capital, shape investment policy and build projects changing the world economy. Hosted by Qatar. Register: https://ow.ly/Z9aB50ZUbS2 #DohaWIF2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Speaker: Fatou Haidara, Deputy Director General of UNIDO, at "Investing in Skills, Talent and Entrepreneurship", 26 October, 12:15 Doha time. ➡️ Follow live: https://ow.ly/YeHx50ZTOMt #WIF2026 #DohaWIF2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Speaker: Jasem Mohamed AlBudaiwi, Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a leading regional voice. ➡️ Register: https://ow.ly/yOq650ZTqsq #WIF2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Three weeks to go. 225 speakers confirmed, registration open. ➡️ Register: https://ow.ly/T8Hn50ZTqcX #WIF2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Speaker: H.E. Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia and First Vice Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, among 225 speakers already confirmed. ➡️ All speakers: https://ow.ly/B5oY50ZTpFJ #WIF2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Speaker: H.E. Mamitiana Jeannot Ruffin Rajaonarison, Prime Minister of Madagascar, joins heads of state and government, investors and chief executives in Doha. ➡️ Register: https://ow.ly/JqM650ZTnXE #WIF2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Speaker: John W.H. Denton AO, Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce, a leading voice for global business. ➡️ Register: https://ow.ly/ar5r50ZTbw5 #WIF2026

Plastic pollution starts with goods. Solutions depend on services. A new UN Trade and Development study maps 19 types of services across 8 stages of the plastics value chain, from design to clean-up. ➡️ https://ow.ly/S8MB50ZTaU5 #PlasticPollution

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Foreign investment in Latin America and the Caribbean rose 14% to US$188 billion in 2025. New project announcements fell by a third. More capital, fewer projects. ➡️ https://ow.ly/oAok50ZSGiY

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. 63 sessions, 7 thematic tracks, 3 days shaping the future of global investment at #WIF2026. ➡️ Full programme: https://ow.ly/5HAv50ZT4Px

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. H.E. Abdulhamid Al Dabiba, Prime Minister of Libya, joins the speakers at #WIF2026, at a moment of real uncertainty for global investment. ➡️ https://ow.ly/nR0p50ZT49K

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25 to 27 October 2026. Where capital, policy and projects meet. The programme, by the numbers: 64 sessions, 196 speakers, 7 thematic tracks. Full programme: https://ow.ly/oq0750ZRqAX #WIF2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. 225 speakers confirmed: heads of state, ministers, chief executives, sovereign wealth funds, entrepreneurs and academics. The people who decide where investment goes. ➡️ https://ow.ly/cMwR50ZSPBW

Global investment hit US$1.6 trillion in 2025. Flows to developing economies fell. At #UNGA81, Pedro Manuel Moreno called for fairer rules on artificial intelligence, more finance for development and green industry in least developed countries. ➡️ https://ow.ly/AVC650ZSBcN

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25 to 27 October 2026. Media accreditation is now open. Journalists, photographers and camera crews can apply until 20 October. Apply: https://ow.ly/umEF50ZRqlx #WIF2026

At #UNGA81 in New York, Acting Secretary-General Pedro Manuel Moreno carried one message across the meetings: trade, investment and digital cooperation have to work for developing countries. AI governance, the Strait of Hormuz, the Global Grids Accelerator, LDCs and more.

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25 to 27 October 2026. The 9th edition brings the world together to explore how investment can drive sustainable development, under the theme "Investing in the future". Register: https://ow.ly/8cCK50ZRpRk #WIF2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25 to 27 October 2026. Why attend? Frontier-market opportunities, global capital providers, and the policymakers shaping the next wave of investment. Register: https://ow.ly/eaKF50ZRpus #WIF2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25 to 27 October 2026. Why the world is watching. Global investment is entering a period of profound uncertainty. The forum is where policymakers and investors come together to shape the response. Register: https://ow.ly/h8x750ZRoWE #WIF2026

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25 to 27 October 2026. "Investing in the future" brings together those who allocate capital, shape investment policy and build the projects transforming the global economy. Register: https://ow.ly/5Jpw50ZRoBW #WIF2026

Rising interest payments have squeezed development spending in 99 developing countries, home to 5.5 billion people. The Borrowers' Platform holds its first Governing Council in Bangkok on 12 October, alongside the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. Read the article: https://ow.ly/ZYeB50ZRmE1

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Four weeks to go. Registration is open. Hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Qatar. https://ow.ly/hZ3550ZRo6x #WIF2026

Global foreign direct investment rose 14% last year. Flows to developing economies fell. Pedro Manuel Moreno of UN Trade and Development at "Financing the Future", co-convened by Morocco and undp. Read the data: https://ow.ly/Kb2550ZRk9b

New online course: how artificial intelligence can make trade faster, safer and simpler at the border. Starts 27 October. About 10 hours online, live sessions with experts and a certificate at the end. Register: https://ow.ly/6f7x50ZQbbJ

Emerging middle powers carry far more economic and political weight today than they did two decades ago. The question is what they do with it. Pedro Manuel Moreno of UN Trade and Development at the North-South Roundtable in New York, hosted by the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia.

Peace cannot be built on a collapsed economy. Pedro Manuel Moreno of UN Trade and Development on the urgency of reconstruction and on rebuilding a functioning economy for the Palestinian people. Read the report: https://ow.ly/GccN50ZR4vI

92% of the economic establishments that generate jobs and income in Gaza are damaged or destroyed. Pedro Manuel Moreno of UN Trade and Development on what is left of Gaza's economy: about US$0.58 per person per day, prices 274% above 2022. Read the article: https://ow.ly/84ep50ZR4h6

US$71.5 billion is what the recovery and reconstruction of Gaza will cost, and the figure may still rise. Pedro Manuel Moreno of UN Trade and Development on the latest joint assessment by the World Bank, the European Union and United Nations. Read the article: https://ow.ly/ubtz50ZR3W5

Gaza's recovery and reconstruction needs are estimated at US$71.5 billion. A new report by UN Trade and Development finds 92% of Gaza's economic establishments have been damaged or destroyed, and unemployment at 78%. ➡️ Read the article: https://ow.ly/JpgJ50ZQTw6

In Gaza, economic output is now about US$0.58 per person per day. A new report by UN Trade and Development, part of @un.org, puts recovery and reconstruction needs at US$71.5 billion. ➡️ Read the report: https://ow.ly/BxsE50ZQVjZ

⚡ "The real electricity revolution is happening now." Pedro Manuel Moreno at the launch of the Global Grids Accelerator at @un.org HQ in New York. By 2030, the world adds 1,100 TWh of new electricity demand a year. Yet 750 million people still have no power.

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. Investment in strategic sectors went from 109 billion dollars in 2020 to 576 billion in 2025, almost half of all new investment. High-income economies take 72% of it. https://ow.ly/w1ji50ZQEqL

Digital services make up 61% of services exports in advanced economies. In the poorest, 16%. Services are reshaping global trade, and digital services are growing fastest. Connectivity, costs and skills keep many countries out. ➡️ Read the update: https://ow.ly/qutV50ZQyEG

World Investment Forum, Doha, Qatar, 25-27 October 2026. In 2025, companies invested 1.6 trillion dollars in businesses abroad. Most of it went to just 20 countries. Convened by @un.org #WIF2026 Learn more and register: https://ow.ly/ierH50ZQs5L

22 Sept

The World Investment Forum returns to Doha from 25 to 27 October: "Investing in the Future." #WIF2026 brings together those who allocate capital, shape investment policy and build projects changing the world economy. Hosted by the State of Qatar. Register: https://ow.ly/7sES50ZQ3O6

Live tonight, 22:00 Geneva / 16:00 New York Pedro Manuel Moreno, Acting Secretary-General of UN Trade and Development, on how Strait of Hormuz disruption is driving an energy, fertilizer and food crisis. SDG Media Zone, UN General Assembly #UNGA81 https://ow.ly/ki3350ZPNEs

New York, 21 September. Pedro Manuel Moreno, Acting Secretary-General of UN Trade and Development, is at the UN General Assembly for a week of high-level meetings. Today he opens a Digital Cooperation Day discussion on AI governance, data and shared technical standards. #UNGA81

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, will speak at the World Investment Forum, 25-27 October in Doha, Qatar. The world's leading investment conference. #WIF2026 Register: https://ow.ly/bM4x50ZPG6r